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 Please do grab your Bibles and turn back to Mark chapter 15.

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 Would you help us to receive your word and faith?

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 Help us to know the Lord Jesus better, not just to know him, but would we love him?

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 Would we know what he has done for us?

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 And we pray this in his name. Amen.

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 This is a courtroom drama.

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 We are in a courtroom drama tonight.

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 So did you see all the characters that we read about earlier?

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 There is the accused, Jesus.

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 There's questioning, testimony, a cross-examination.

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 Pilate, the crowds, the cross.

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 That's the judge, the jury, the execution.

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 This is a legal trial.

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 This is a courtroom in front of us.

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 And that is precisely why the chief priests, did we see it in verse 1?

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 That's why the chief priests bind Jesus and take him here to Pilate, the judge.

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 Before, Jesus was taken in front of the Jewish courts, the Sanhedrin.

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 And he was in front of the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

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 And he was questioned to see if he was the Christ.

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 And he said he was, and they charged him with blasphemy.

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 But they couldn't really do anything about it.

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 But it wasn't a legal court.

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 They didn't have the authority to sentence him to death.

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 But they wanted to.

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 So they delivered him to Pilate.

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 Which is where we are tonight.

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 We're in a courtroom.

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 But actually, we need to see tonight that there are two courtrooms in this passage.

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 There are two trials going on here.

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 There are two judges in two courtrooms.

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 In this passage, there is the earthly courtroom.

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 But there's also the heavenly courtroom.

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 This earthly courtroom with Pilate and the priests and Jesus and the crowds.

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 All this is a reflection, a picture, an earthly version of the heavenly courtroom of God's justice.

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 So just like the events of Peter last week, Peter's denial, just like that was a red carpet moment,

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 showing us what's going to happen at the main event on the cross,

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 well, we're still on the red carpet.

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 And we see a courtroom.

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 And this earthly courtroom tells us what's going to happen on the cross.

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 This courtroom shows us what's going on in the heavenly courtroom as Jesus dies on the cross.

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 So have you ever wondered, when Jesus was crucified, what was going on in heaven at the crucifixion?

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 As God looked down on his son being slain, as the salvation of the world took place,

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 what was going on in heaven?

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 What was going on in the divine courtroom of God's justice as God looked down on the cross?

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 Well, as we look at this earthly courtroom, we can see what's going on in heaven.

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 As we look at this passage, we're actually peering into the legal courtroom of heaven.

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 And as we peer into it, we see something.

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 And this is the first thing to see.

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 We see that Jesus was an innocent sacrifice.

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 Jesus was an innocent sacrifice.

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 So if this is a courtroom, what is the charge?

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 What is Jesus being accused of?

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 Well, look at verse 2.

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 Pilate asked him, are you the king of the Jews?

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 Here's the accusation.

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 The chief priests, they've clearly set this charge up.

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 They've said to Pilate, take this man, he's claiming to be the king of the Jews.

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 And that would have been a dangerous claim at this point.

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 Any threat to Roman rule, like another king, that would have meant the death penalty.

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 So the Jews know what they're doing.

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 But Jesus never actually said that.

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 He said he's the Christ, which does then mean he's the king of the Jews.

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 But he never actually said the king of the Jews.

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 This is a setup.

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 And so how does Jesus respond?

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 Well, look at verse 2.

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 He answered, Pilate, you have said so.

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 Jesus doesn't deny it.

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 But he doesn't affirm it either.

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 He kind of just lets it happen.

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 This is kind of a yes but no answer.

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 It's a way of saying, yes, I am king of the Jews, but not in the way that you think.

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 I'm the king of the Jews in a way that you can't quite grasp.

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 And so the charge doesn't really stick.

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 And so in verse 3, the chief priest accused him of many things.

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 The accusations just keep flying at Jesus.

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 They're doing all that they can to condemn him.

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 You can imagine them saying, well, Jesus said this and he did this as well.

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 Pilate, just hear us.

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 Take your pick.

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 Just do something with this man.

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 But nothing is really sticking.

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 Pilate isn't convinced.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 He perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priest had delivered him up.

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 He knows something isn't adding up here.

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 So Pilate probes further.

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 He tries to expose the true Jesus in verse 4.

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 Have you no answer to make?

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 See how many charges they bring against you.

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 But Jesus made no further answer.

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 So that Pilate was amazed.

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 In the face of all these accusations,

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 Jesus is silent.

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 No answer.

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 But why?

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 All these accusations are untrue.

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 This is a setup.

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 This man is innocent.

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 Even Pilate knows he's innocent.

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 In verse 14, as the crowds condemned Jesus,

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 Pilate said to them,

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 why?

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 What evil has he done?

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 He's innocent.

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 So why is Jesus silent?

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 Why doesn't he speak up?

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 Well, Jesus is silent because he knows he must let these events unfold.

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 He needs to let this happen.

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 If he speaks, he can defend himself.

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 And he can stop this trial.

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 But he can't let this trial end.

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 He needs to let it happen.

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 Because if this trial ends, there's no cross.

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 And if there's no cross, there's no salvation.

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 Salvation hangs on this silence.

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 It's interesting.

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 We often mark history-changing events by important words, don't we?

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 So what words mark man's exploration into space?

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 On the moon.

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 One small step for man, isn't it?

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 Words can so often signal history-changing events.

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 I have a dream.

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 Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.

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 We mark history-changing moments by words,

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 but we never mark it by silence, do we?

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 Well, we should.

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 And this silence changed the world.

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 This silence saved the world.

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 Because look when all this takes place.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 Now at the feast,

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 this trial is happening at the feast of the Passover.

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 The Passover feast, it comes from the Exodus

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 when the Israelites sacrificed a lamb

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 and spread its blood on the doorpost of their house.

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 And this blood, this sacrifice,

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 it would protect them from God's wrath.

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 God's wrath would pass over,

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 pass over their house, avoid it,

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 and it would land on the Egyptians instead.

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 And so it's no small thing that this trial

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 is happening during the feast.

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 The Passover is in the air of this courtroom.

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 So as this trial begins,

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 we should already have a sense

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 that this courtroom is bigger

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 than just an earthly courtroom.

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 There's more going on here.

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 This is to do with the Passover.

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 So this isn't just about Roman law

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 and human legal code.

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 No, this trial is dealing with divine law

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 and sin and forgiveness

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 and God's wrath and redemption.

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 This is what's really going on

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 in the heavenly courtroom.

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 So this isn't just a man going on trial.

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 This is a lamb going on the altar.

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 His silence is Jesus offering something.

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 He's offering a sacrifice.

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 He's offering himself.

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 Jesus stands in this courtroom

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 as a sacrifice.

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 And not just any sacrifice.

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 He was an innocent sacrifice.

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 There was no wrong in him.

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 He's put on this trial

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 and he's proven innocent.

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 He didn't go to the cross

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 having actually done something wrong.

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 He didn't fall under true accusations.

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 No, Jesus is in this room

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 as an innocent sacrifice.

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 As God looks down on this trial,

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 this is what's going on.

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 He sees a perfectly innocent man,

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 his beloved son.

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 And he sees a sacrifice, a lamb.

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 It's a Passover lamb to deal with sin.

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 This is what was going on

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 in heaven at the cross.

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 Jesus was an innocent sacrifice.

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 But God sees something else in this trial.

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 There's something else present

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 in the heavenly courtroom.

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 And this is the second thing to see.

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 In the heavenly courtroom,

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 there's a sinful people.

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 Now this trial could have been

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 a bit of a stalemate.

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 Going nowhere,

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 just accusations,

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 but nothing going on.

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 But look what happened next

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 in verse 6.

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 Now at the feast,

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 he used to release for them

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 one prisoner

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 for whom they asked.

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 And among the rebels in prison

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 who had committed murder

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 in the insurrection,

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 there was a man called Barabbas.

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 A criminal, Barabbas is introduced.

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 He's not just any criminal.

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 Did you see what he is?

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 He's a rebel.

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 A murderer.

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 Someone who plotted

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 to overthrow the government

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 and murdered his way

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 to get there.

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 And at the Passover,

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 Pilate would release for them

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 one prisoner.

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 You might ask,

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 why did he do that?

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 It's kind of like a political tactic

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 to keep the Jewish people happy

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 under Roman rule.

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 It's kind of a little token

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 to keep them at bay.

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 And so,

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 Pilate asks in verse 9,

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 do you want me to release for you

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 the king of the Jews?

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 And implied in that question is,

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 what's the other option?

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 Or do you want me to release for you

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 the murderer?

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 Pilate presents before the people

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 a choice.

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 A clear choice between two men,

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 Jesus and Barabbas.

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 And when faced with Jesus

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 in this murderer,

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 look what the people choose

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 in verse 11.

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 The chief priest

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 stirred up the crowd

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 to have him release

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 for them Barabbas instead.

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 They choose the murderer.

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 This hatred for Jesus,

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 it escalates

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 and spreads

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 to the people.

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 Maybe the crowds

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 were a bit undecided before,

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 but the chief priests

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 stir everyone up

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 to hate Jesus

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 and choose Barabbas.

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 And all the people

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 rallied together

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 and look who they choose.

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 They loved the murderer

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 more than Jesus.

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 And not only that,

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 when Pilate asked,

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 then what shall I do

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 with Jesus?

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 The crowd don't say,

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 well, just throw him

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 out of the city.

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 They don't say,

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 put him in prison.

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 They don't say,

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 well, just flog him.

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 No.

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 They cried out again,

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 crucify him.

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 And Pilate said to them,

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 why, what evil has he done?

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 But they shouted,

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 all the more,

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 crucify him.

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 Just notice

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 how sin escalates here.

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 Jesus' crucifixion

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 was the greatest sin

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 committed in all history.

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 This is the peak

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 of human sin.

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 And all the people

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 just get caught up in it,

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 don't they?

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 Swept along.

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 And this sums up

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 sin's humanity

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 against God.

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 It began with

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 eating some fruit

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 and it ends up

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 with crucifying

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 the Son of God.

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 Sin always wants

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 to escalate.

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 And just look

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 at these events.

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 It wasn't enough

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 we had to ignore Jesus,

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 we had to put him

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 on trial

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 and question him.

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 And it wasn't enough

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 to question him,

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 we had to lie about him.

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 And it wasn't enough

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 we had to lie about him,

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 we had to protest him.

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 And it wasn't enough

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 we had to protest him,

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 we had to choose

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 a murderer over him.

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 And it wasn't enough

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 to choose the murderer,

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 we had to crucify

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 and pierce

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 and bury him

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 and seal the tomb

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 and guard it.

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 What we have here

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 is the super concentrated,

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 summed up picture

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 of the sinful human race.

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 So we mustn't think

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 that we're just seeing

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 the sin of a crowd

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 2,000 years ago.

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 No, we're seeing

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 all our sin.

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 The sin of the whole

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 human race

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 displayed before us.

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 This is us.

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 This is what we did

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 to God.

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 We all loved

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 the murderer

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 instead of the Son of God.

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 Jesus says

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 these words

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 in John 8.

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 You are of

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 your father the devil

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 and your will

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 is to do

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 your father's desires.

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 He was a murderer

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 from the beginning.

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 This is the sin

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 of the world.

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 We've loved

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 the devil.

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 We've loved

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 the ultimate murderer.

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 We've cheered

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 for the devil

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 and we've said

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 God we don't want

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 you as our king.

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 That was the sin

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 in the garden

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 and that is the sin

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 of the world right now.

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 We've loved

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 the devil

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 more than Jesus

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 and it was this

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 very sin

00:15:41.900 --> 00:15:42.700
 that sent Jesus

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 to the cross.

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 In the earthly courtroom

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 what sent Jesus

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 to the cross?

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 It was a love

00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:51.940
 of a murderer

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 Barabbas

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 more than Jesus

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 and in the heavenly courtroom

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 as God looked down

00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:58.379
 on the cross

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 what is the spiritual reality?

00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.840
 What sent Jesus

00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:02.620
 to the cross?

00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:04.800
 It was the love

00:16:04.800 --> 00:16:05.360
 of a murderer

00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:05.920
 Satan

00:16:05.920 --> 00:16:06.900
 more than Jesus.

00:16:09.040 --> 00:16:10.680
 God sees the human race

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 love Satan

00:16:11.420 --> 00:16:12.120
 more than Jesus

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 and the heavenly reality is

00:16:13.700 --> 00:16:15.500
 Jesus is going

00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.200
 to the cross

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 because of that sin.

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 But remember

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 he's doing it willingly

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 he's silent

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 to let this happen

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 he's the sacrifice

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 and he's offering

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 himself up

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 for this sin.

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 we see here

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 in his silence

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 the love of Jesus

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 for sinners.

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 He loved the sinner

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 so much

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 he offered himself

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 instead of the sinner.

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 He was the substitute

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 for the sinner.

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 And this is my final point

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 and the final thing

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:51.860
 to see in the heavenly courtroom

00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:53.000
 Jesus

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:54.300
 was our substitute.

00:16:55.580 --> 00:16:56.039
 Jesus

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:57.120
 was our substitute.

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 All of our sin

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:02.019
 can be summed up

00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.860
 in one character

00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.940
 in this earthly courtroom

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 Barabbas.

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 We are all

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 Barabbas

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 deserving death

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 and offense

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 before God

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 but look how

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 it ends

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 for Barabbas

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 verse 15

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 so Pilate

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 released for them

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 Barabbas

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 and delivered

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 Jesus

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 to be crucified.

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 Jesus

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 took the place

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 of Barabbas.

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 The innocent

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 sacrifice

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 is swapping

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 places

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 with the guilty

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 sinner.

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 Jesus

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 is a substitute.

00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:42.619
 Now a substitute

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 it just means

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 a swap

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 so in football

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 you have substitutes

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 don't you?

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 One player

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 comes off the pitch

00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:49.180
 and another one

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 comes on

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 and that's the substitute.

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 Well that's what's

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.320
 happening with

00:17:54.320 --> 00:17:55.200
 Barabbas and Jesus.

00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:57.100
 Jesus

00:17:57.100 --> 00:17:57.799
 is taking

00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:58.460
 the place

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:59.059
 of Barabbas

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 taking the punishment

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 destined for him

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 and instead

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 Barabbas

00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:04.960
 is released

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 and gets

00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:06.700
 to go free.

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.039
 Jesus

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 is a substitute

00:18:10.100 --> 00:18:10.580
 here

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 and you can

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 think of

00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.120
 Barabbas

00:18:14.120 --> 00:18:15.420
 as Jesus'

00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:16.259
 church.

00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:18.500
 All the

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:18.980
 sinners

00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.640
 he came

00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:20.360
 to save

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 his bride

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 it's all

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:23.660
 pictured

00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:24.200
 in this

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 one man.

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 This was

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 what was going

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 on in the

00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.420
 heavenly courtroom.

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 As God

00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:31.640
 looked down

00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:31.960
 on this

00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:32.640
 earthly courtroom

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 where Barabbas

00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:33.840
 stands

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 he sees

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 his church

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 his people

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 the bride

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 of Christ

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 and what

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.220
 does that

00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.620
 bride look

00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:41.779
 like?

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 It's not

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.420
 a beautiful

00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:42.779
 bride.

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 It's not

00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.339
 a lovely

00:18:44.339 --> 00:18:44.819
 people.

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 It is

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:47.000
 murderous

00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.400
 rebels

00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:47.960
 who hated

00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:48.380
 the son

00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:48.839
 of God

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 and just

00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:52.259
 like Barabbas

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.859
 there's guilt.

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.460
 There's

00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.019
 punishment

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.620
 needing to

00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:56.140
 be paid

00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:57.700
 and it's

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:57.980
 not the

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.599
 demands of

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:59.279
 Roman law

00:18:59.279 --> 00:18:59.660
 that hang

00:18:59.660 --> 00:19:00.120
 over us

00:19:00.120 --> 00:19:00.960
 it is the

00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:01.420
 demands of

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:02.000
 God's

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.539
 law needing

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:02.900
 to be

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.259
 paid

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:05.779
 and it

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.259
 is hanging

00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:07.160
 over all

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.859
 his people.

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 It's the

00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:10.059
 demands of

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.400
 death

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:10.980
 eternal

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.500
 death

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.640
 and divine

00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:13.019
 anger.

00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.220
 So what is

00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:17.000
 Christ doing

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.279
 on the

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.619
 cross?

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.180
 What is

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:19.700
 going on

00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:19.940
 in the

00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.180
 heavenly

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:20.720
 courtroom

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:22.019
 of God's

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.259
 holy

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.640
 justice?

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:25.180
 Jesus

00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:26.000
 is taking

00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:26.519
 the place

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.059
 of sinners

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:29.420
 he's

00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.220
 substituting

00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:30.859
 himself for

00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:31.119
 them

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:32.420
 taking

00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:32.940
 their

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.400
 divine

00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:33.920
 punishment.

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.860
 This

00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.340
 earthly

00:19:36.340 --> 00:19:36.799
 courtroom

00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:37.500
 is showing

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:37.860
 us the

00:19:37.860 --> 00:19:38.100
 heavenly

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:38.420
 one

00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:39.440
 and Jesus

00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:39.980
 was our

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.559
 substitute.

00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:43.100
 And we

00:19:43.100 --> 00:19:43.519
 see this

00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:43.779
 in the

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.420
 judge too.

00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.720
 Pilate knows

00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:46.240
 Jesus was

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.539
 innocent.

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.220
 He knows

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.519
 that there's

00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:48.940
 no evil

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.340
 in him.

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.200
 In the

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.600
 mind of

00:19:51.600 --> 00:19:52.019
 the judge

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.620
 Jesus is

00:19:52.620 --> 00:19:52.960
 innocent

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.740
 but what

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.519
 is Pilate's

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:54.960
 official

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.380
 judgment?

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:56.900
 What is

00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.700
 Jesus declared

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.299
 publicly?

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.320
 Guilty.

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.860
 Condemned.

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:04.340
 God

00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:04.600
 and that's

00:20:04.600 --> 00:20:04.779
 what's

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.160
 going on

00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:05.500
 in heaven

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:05.960
 too.

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.779
 God

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.400
 looks upon

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:08.960
 his son

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.360
 and God

00:20:09.360 --> 00:20:10.039
 knows his

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.400
 son is

00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:11.019
 perfect,

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.340
 innocent,

00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:13.259
 sinless.

00:20:14.840 --> 00:20:15.440
 But on

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.039
 the cross

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:17.120
 God

00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:17.860
 declared

00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.340
 Jesus

00:20:18.340 --> 00:20:19.100
 guilty,

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:20.920
 condemned

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:23.200
 and all

00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.840
 the demands

00:20:23.840 --> 00:20:24.340
 of divine

00:20:24.340 --> 00:20:25.220
 law fall

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:25.840
 on him

00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:28.179
 and the

00:20:28.179 --> 00:20:28.439
 real

00:20:28.439 --> 00:20:28.859
 sinners

00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:30.359
 go free.

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.539
 We see

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.059
 here Jesus

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.500
 is both

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.220
 sinless

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:36.139
 and condemned

00:20:36.139 --> 00:20:36.519
 at the

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.240
 same time.

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:38.980
 Jesus

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.439
 was our

00:20:39.439 --> 00:20:39.980
 substitute

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:42.579
 and that

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:42.819
 is how

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.099
 Jesus

00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.699
 saves us.

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:44.480
 This is

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.740
 what the

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.079
 cross is

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.500
 all about.

00:20:45.959 --> 00:20:46.359
 If you're

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:46.579
 not a

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:46.819
 Christian

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.339
 here today

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:47.959
 and you're

00:20:47.959 --> 00:20:48.220
 wondering

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.740
 what is

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.119
 Christianity

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:49.919
 all about

00:20:49.919 --> 00:20:50.899
 or if you've

00:20:50.899 --> 00:20:51.480
 ever wondered

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 why is the

00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:52.519
 cross so

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 important?

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 Why is the

00:20:53.820 --> 00:20:54.240
 cross on

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.539
 top of

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 churches

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.620
 and above

00:20:55.620 --> 00:20:56.220
 pulpits?

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 Well this

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 is why.

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.220
 The cross

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.539
 is where

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:00.920
 Jesus

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.519
 became a

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:01.980
 substitute

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.620
 for sinners.

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.420
 Where he

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:05.420
 takes the

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:05.820
 place of

00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:06.240
 his people

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.800
 and bears

00:21:06.800 --> 00:21:07.440
 all their

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:07.840
 guilt

00:21:07.840 --> 00:21:08.680
 and their

00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.100
 punishment

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:09.660
 and all

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.160
 the weight

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:11.060
 of divine

00:21:11.060 --> 00:21:11.720
 wrath on

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.200
 himself.

00:21:13.820 --> 00:21:14.560
 So that

00:21:14.560 --> 00:21:15.200
 what happens

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:15.519
 to the

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:15.700
 sinner?

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 They go

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:17.980
 free.

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.940
 That is

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.620
 what happened

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.500
 to all

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.980
 those in

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.359
 Christ

00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:23.920
 here today.

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.920
 All your

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.480
 guilt

00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.579
 and sin

00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.039
 has been

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.579
 laid on

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.059
 Christ.

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.400
 And just

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:30.960
 like Barabbas

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.700
 you are

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.500
 now free.

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.539
 There is

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.579
 no condemnation

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:35.900
 there is

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.539
 no guilt

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:36.859
 there is

00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:37.579
 no wrath

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.519
 you stand

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.140
 before a

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:40.059
 holy God

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:41.039
 free.

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.019
 Released

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.420
 from the

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:43.859
 burden of

00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:44.420
 your sin

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:45.500
 Christ has

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.359
 completely

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:47.099
 set you

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.519
 free.

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.240
 And if

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.500
 you're not

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.019
 trusting in

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.500
 Christ today

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:54.059
 please don't

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.579
 ignore the

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.200
 heavenly courtroom

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.599
 in this

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:55.859
 scene.

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:58.039
 The demands

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.519
 of God's

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.139
 justice

00:21:59.139 --> 00:22:00.639
 those demands

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:01.359
 still hang

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.019
 over you

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.619
 and your

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.259
 guilt before

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.879
 God needs

00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:05.379
 to be dealt

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:05.740
 with.

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.059
 And there

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.299
 are only

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.039
 two ways

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:09.119
 two options

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:10.940
 either you

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.599
 can try to

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:12.099
 deal with

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:12.539
 your guilt

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.079
 on judgment

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:14.180
 day as you

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.740
 stand before

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.180
 the judgment

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.639
 seat of

00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:16.019
 Christ

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:17.440
 but that

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:17.720
 will not

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.180
 go well

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:20.539
 or your

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.039
 guilt

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.060
 can be

00:22:22.060 --> 00:22:22.560
 laid on

00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:22.920
 Jesus.

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.519
 The demands

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.140
 of justice

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:26.640
 can be

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.440
 dealt with

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.180
 on the

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.600
 cross

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:30.240
 and if

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.620
 you come

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:31.180
 to Christ

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.820
 today and

00:22:31.820 --> 00:22:32.299
 bow before

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.660
 the king

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.580
 your guilt

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:33.799
 will be

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.320
 no more.

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:35.860
 There will be

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.580
 no judgment

00:22:36.580 --> 00:22:37.100
 for you

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:38.519
 you need a

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:38.980
 substitute

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.759
 and Christ

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.360
 is the only

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:40.700
 one that

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.019
 can set

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.420
 you free.

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:44.180
 as we

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.600
 watch this

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.560
 trial unfold

00:22:45.560 --> 00:22:47.860
 there's an

00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:48.259
 overwhelming

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.860
 sense of

00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:49.360
 injustice

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:50.900
 and unfairness

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.300
 isn't there?

00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:53.039
 Why is the

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.759
 innocent one

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.380
 going through

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:54.880
 all of this

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.180
 and the

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.640
 murderer

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:57.039
 is free?

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.460
 There's

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.000
 definitely that

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.660
 feeling in the

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.080
 air isn't

00:23:01.080 --> 00:23:01.320
 there?

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.400
 But do you

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.640
 know what

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.200
 that unfair

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:05.120
 feeling actually

00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.560
 is?

00:23:06.800 --> 00:23:07.820
 That's grace.

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.580
 As we

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.000
 look at our

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:12.200
 salvation we

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.700
 can sometimes

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.380
 ask ourselves

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.319
 why me?

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.160
 Why did

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.980
 Christ suffer

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.400
 and I go

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:17.579
 free?

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.079
 Why me?

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.359
 And there's

00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:19.960
 one answer

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:21.339
 grace.

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.019
 Why did

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.660
 Jesus stay

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.460
 silent and

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:25.819
 take the

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.160
 place of

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:26.519
 Barabbas?

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.279
 Why did

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.900
 he take

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.380
 our

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.759
 judgment?

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.160
 It's

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.599
 grace.

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.079
 In this

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.400
 earthly

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.440
 courtroom we

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:34.859
 see this

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.319
 substitute

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.440
 and we

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.559
 see unfairness

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:39.400
 but what is

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.980
 the reality

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.299
 in the

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.539
 heavenly

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:40.960
 courtroom?

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.659
 It's

00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:43.240
 grace.

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.899
 It's the

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.740
 grace of

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.299
 God.

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.559
 Christ

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.119
 loving

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.720
 unworthy

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.519
 sinners and

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.079
 being their

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.579
 substitute

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.960
 reconciling us

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.659
 to God's.

00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:55.379
 So as we

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:55.819
 see this

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.319
 earthly

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.740
 courtroom

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:58.379
 it looks

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:59.099
 like justice

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.539
 is being

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.240
 abused here

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.960
 but do you

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.339
 know what's

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:02.819
 really going

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.119
 on?

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.819
 Justice

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.279
 is being

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.920
 satisfied.

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.060
 justified.

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.120
 He's

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.840
 ending the

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.300
 guilt of

00:24:09.300 --> 00:24:09.820
 his people.

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.940
 When Jesus

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.440
 took his

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.200
 last breath

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:14.500
 the heavenly

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.320
 judge gave

00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:15.940
 his final

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.480
 verdict.

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.660
 The wrath

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.080
 of God

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.680
 has fallen

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.160
 on this

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.080
 man and

00:24:20.080 --> 00:24:20.420
 now there

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.920
 is no

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.600
 condemnation

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:21.980
 for those

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.360
 in Christ

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.700
 Jesus.

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.279
 And this

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.660
 is your

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.100
 verdict

00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:27.180
 brothers and

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.500
 sisters

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:29.140
 and this

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.660
 verdict will

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.320
 never change

00:24:30.320 --> 00:24:30.480
 for you.

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:31.080
 This verdict

00:24:31.080 --> 00:24:32.039
 stands for

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.420
 all

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:32.899
 eternity.

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.500
 We confessed

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.019
 the Nicene

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.639
 Creed earlier

00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:38.920
 and of all

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.279
 the things

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.579
 you could

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:41.119
 confess about

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.720
 the fundamentals

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.019
 of the

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.539
 Christian faith

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.539
 it's interesting

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.159
 what's included.

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:45.879
 For our

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.500
 sake he was

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.339
 crucified under

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:48.220
 Pontius Pilate.

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.720
 Well can you

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.319
 see why that's

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.879
 so important

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.180
 now?

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.339
 The judgment

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.819
 of God

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.220
 it just

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.180
 wasn't hidden

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.779
 up in heaven

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.379
 up there

00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:58.079
 up in the

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.279
 heavenly

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.720
 courtroom

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.339
 and we

00:24:59.339 --> 00:24:59.819
 don't really

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.259
 know what

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.759
 happened up

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.059
 there

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.399
 what's

00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:02.019
 going on

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:03.200
 no it

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.539
 played out

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:04.980
 in this

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.359
 earthly

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.960
 courtroom

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:07.940
 that Jesus

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.680
 was so

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.240
 condemned

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.819
 by God

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.299
 in heaven

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.059
 that he

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.639
 was condemned

00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.180
 by man

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.680
 on earth

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:14.680
 and it

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.180
 was public

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.559
 for all

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:15.980
 to see

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:17.379
 to see

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:17.980
 his innocence

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.460
 to see

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:18.900
 our sin

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.299
 to see

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.519
 our

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.519
 substitutes

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:22.259
 and what

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.480
 did we

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.019
 confess?

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.339
 It was all

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.879
 for our

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.339
 sake

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:27.839
 it was all

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.220
 for you

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.680
 brothers and

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:28.940
 sisters

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.279
 that he

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.799
 did this

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:31.200
 he stood

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.680
 condemned

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.799
 and now

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.180
 we are

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.580
 free

00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:35.480
 let me

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.740
 pray

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:37.859
 to see

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:36.180
 a

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:37.859
 ending

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:37.859


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!

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.980
 a

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 a

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 ending

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 a

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!

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!

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 a

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